Taste Test: Meal Replacements

GH puts meal replacement bars, shakes, and drinks to the test

Dieters swear by "meal replacements" — those vitamin-fortified bars, shakes and powdered drinks that claim to have all the nutrition of a traditional lunch or dinner — but they don't always taste good. To the rescue: chocolate-flavored versions that cut calories while giving you a treat. We put them to the test.

The winner: Walmart's Equate Weight Loss Shake, for its creamy flavor and bargain-basement price (66 cents a can). Testers were less impressed with mix-it-yourself options, which they said tasted chalky and gritty.

The chewy Slim-Fast Rich Chocolate Brownie Meal On-the-Go (99 cents) was the best of the bars and won points for its "real fudge" flavor.

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